2021 bestbet Jacksonville Winter Open

bestbet Jacksonville Winter Open $2,000 Main Event
Day: 1a
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Event Info
2021 bestbet Jacksonville Winter Open
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
Prize
$177,817
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Total Entries
510
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
195
Players Left
27
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Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

Pupillo Runs Into The Goods

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Nick Pupillo
Nick Pupillo

Action folded around to the hijack, who opened to 5,000. Pete Theodocion three-bet to 15,000 in the cutoff and Nick Pupillo cold four-bet to 35,000 in the small blind. Action folded back to Theodocion and he announced he was all in, with Pupillo immediately committing his remaining stack just the same.

Nick Pupillo: {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}
Pete Theodocion: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}

Pupillo was in trouble, needing to improve to stay alive. Unfortunately for him, even a queen in the window of the flop {5-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} left him in even worse shape due to Theodocion also flopping a set. The one outer was not in store this time as the turn {7-Hearts} and river {6-Hearts} completed the runout leaving his hand second best.

Theodocion appeared to be ahead by a decent chunk, and it was confirmed as much by Pupillo's stack of 119,000 being outnumbered slightly by solely the large-denomination chips in Theodocion's stack. As a result, Pupillo was eliminated while Theodocion now finds himself as one of the top stacks in the room with nearly 300,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Pete Theodocion
285,000
285,000
285,000
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Nick Pupillo
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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Daniel Wise Wins Event #2: $260 H.O.R.S.E. After Five-Way Deal

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
bestbet Jacksonville
bestbet Jacksonville

The second tournament of the 2021 Winter Open at bestbet Jacksonville was Event #2: $260 H.O.R.S.E., which drew 65 entrants who created a $13,975 prize pool.

The final nine got paid including Le Tieu (9th - $489), Thomas Roland (8th - $559), Jason Lopesilvero (7th - $629), and Charles Misterek (6th - $734).

With just five players remaining, a deal was struck that saw four players each lock up $2,212 in prize money, while Daniel Wise of Raleigh, North Carolina was crowned the winner for $2,717 and the trophy.

Event #2 Final Table Results

PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Daniel WiseRaleigh, North Carolina$2,717*
2Larry St. JeanSalisbury Beach, Maryland$2,212*
3Fakhouri JamilJacksonville, Florida$2,212*
4Nadeem TannousJacksonville, Florida$2,212*
5Justin WaltripSpartanburg, South Carolina$2,212*
6Charles MisterekSt. Augustine, Florida$734
7Jason LopesilveroOrange City, Florida$629
8Thomas RolandTallahassee, Florida$559
9Le TieuJacksonville, Florida$489

*Denotes five-handed deal.

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Stewart Ships In A Pile

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Scott Stewart
Scott Stewart

Ken Stacy pumped it up to 5,500 in early position and was three-bet to 13,000 by Scott Stewart on his direct left in middle position. The player on the button cold-called as action made its way back to Stacy, who also called to take postflop action three ways.

Everybody checked the flop {k-Clubs}{3-Spades}{a-Hearts}, bringing the turn {5-Hearts} where Stacy bet 15,000. Stewart called and the player on the button folded after about 30 seconds of thought.

Action was then heads up to the river {5-Diamonds} and Stacy bet another 22,000. Stewart went into the tank for close to a minute and then slid his stack of around 95,000 into the middle. Moments later, Stacy folded and Stewart took down the pot with his river jam.

Player Chips Progress
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Scott Stewart
195,000
65,000
65,000
WPT 1X Winner
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Ken Stacy
112,000
33,500
33,500

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Updated Chip Counts

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Christopher Laieta
250,000
46,500
46,500
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Ken Stacy
145,500
19,500
19,500
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Chad Brown
135,000
93,100
93,100
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Jermaine Gerlin
130,000
16,500
16,500
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Scott Stewart
130,000
34,500
34,500
WPT 1X Winner
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Dapo Ajayi
120,000
36,000
36,000
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Steve Rash
100,000
16,000
16,000
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Dustin Holladay
97,000
5,600
5,600
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David Jackson
92,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Ricardo Eyzaguirre
91,000
29,000
29,000
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Nick Pupillo
90,000
8,800
8,800
WSOP 1X Winner
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Tommy Tran
87,500
6,500
6,500
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Huilin Chen
83,000
20,400
20,400
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Taylor Howard
81,000
16,700
16,700
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Thad McNulty
72,500
10,500
10,500
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Jack Sumner
72,000
46,000
46,000
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Mark Hodge
57,000
21,000
21,000
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Ryan Snow
45,500
9,700
9,700
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Frank Spaulding
31,000
34,000
34,000
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Gloria Jackson
11,500
13,000
13,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Hodge Doubles

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Mark Hodge
Mark Hodge

Three limps began the hand before action folded over to Mark Hodge in the small blind, who completed and saw the big blind check his option behind. With five to the flop, Hodge bet 13,000 on {5-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}, leaving 500 behind. The under-the-gun player asked for confirmation that Hodge had 500 behind and the dealer provided it. He then called, being the only player to do so.

Hodge fired in his last 500 on the turn {a-Diamonds} and his opponent called, with both players simultaneously turning over their hands and Hodge's opponent letting out a groan.

Mark Hodge: {a-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}
Under the Gun: {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}

The river fell {3-Clubs} to earn Hodge the double. His opponent's groan turned into some light excitement and laughter among the entire table by the time the runout finished at how the hand had transpired.

"I did that so I could say I got it in good!" joked Hodge.

Player Chips Progress
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Mark Hodge
36,000
9,000
9,000

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Zaki Doubles Through Stewart

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Justin Zaki
Justin Zaki

There was around 13,000 in the middle from preflop action between Scott Stewart in the big blind, Justin Zaki who was under the gun, and Jack Sumner in the cutoff.

Stewart checked the flop {8-Hearts}{4-Spades}{9-Spades} and Zaki bet 6,000. Sumner raised to 16,000 and Stewart check-three-bet jammed over the top, covering both remaining players. Zaki immediately pushed his remaining chips forward to call all in, sending action back to Sumner who thought for close to a minute before folding for his remaining chips.

Justin Zaki: {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}
Scott Stewart: {7-Spades}{5-Spades}

Zaki had flopped top set but had plenty of outs to fade against Stewart's gutshot straight flush draw. The turn {10-Hearts} opened both ends of Stewart's straight draw, giving him three more outs, but the river {8-Clubs} was clean to give Zaki a full house and score him the double and then some.

Zaki's stack was totaled to be 67,500 and Stewart counted it out for Zaki. Sitting next to each other, the two fist-bumped one another when all was said and done. Their table broke immediately thereafter and all players moved to new seats as eight tables now remain in play.

Player Chips Progress
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Justin Zaki
155,000
155,000
155,000
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Scott Stewart
95,500
56,500
56,500
WPT 1X Winner
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Jack Sumner
26,000
500
500

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Gerlin Chips Up Without Showdown

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Jermaine "The Lion" Gerlin
Jermaine "The Lion" Gerlin

Action was heads up between the under-the-gun Christopher Laieta and Jermaine "The Lion" Gerlin, who was in middle position with more than 25,000 already in the middle on a board reading {3-Hearts}{a-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}.

Laieta fired out a bet of 14,500 and Gerlin confirmed the amount, making the call shortly thereafter to bring the river {a-Hearts}. Laieta took a few moments to consider his options and then checked, looking down the table towards his opponent. Once Laieta checked, Gerlin immediately threw out five 5,000 chips for a bet of 25,000, and Laieta let his hand go without much further thought to earn Gerlin the pot without showdown.

Player Chips Progress
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Christopher Laieta
203,500
17,500
17,500
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Jermaine Gerlin
113,500
23,500
23,500

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